Re: bug? git format-patch -M -D then git am fails

On Tue, 2012-11-13 at 14:55 -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

Joe Perches [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

(Sorry about the partial message.
 evolution and ctrl-enter sends, grumble...)

If a file is deleted with git rm and a patch
is then generated with git format-patch -M -D
git am is unable to apply the resultant patch.

Is this working as designed?

I would say it is broken as designed and it is even documented.

Please run "git format-patch --help | less" and then type
"/--irreversible-delete" to find:

    The resulting patch is not meant to be applied with patch nor
    git apply; this is solely for people who want to just
    concentrate on reviewing the text after the change.

yeah, it's just that not using -D can result in
some unfortunately large patches being sent to
mailing lists.  I don't believe that reversibility
is a really useful aspect of deletion patches
when there are known git repositories involved.

cheers, Joe